President Vladimir Putin said that Russia intends to continue pumping natural gas to the European Union via Ukraine, but added that Moscow cannot force Kiev to comply with a transit agreement that expires at the end of this year, reports Reuters, taken by Agerpres. Practically, Putin “throws the dead cat” in the garden of Kiev, […]
Ion Sterian, the general director of Transgaz, stated in Greece that he is interested in becoming a shareholder of the company that operates the liquefied gas terminal at Alexandropoulis. He also said that there is a consensus among the states in the area for the expansion of the non-Russian gas transport capacity – the so-called […]
Engie, one of the largest suppliers and distributors of gas in Romania, but which is also developing in the area of electricity production from renewable sources and supply, is interested in buying an electricity distribution company in Romania, if this will arise possibility. Engie Romania officials inaugurated a few days ago the photovoltaic park in […]
The acquisition by Nawaf Salameh Family Office of the Octogon Gas & Logistics terminal contributes to strengthening Romania’s national security and the country’s strategic interests, according to a press release from the Salameh family, which, among other things, controls the largest producer of spirits in Romania , Alexandrion Group. “Nawaf Salameh Family Office takes a […]
MVM Group closed the transaction with the Azerbaijani state-owned entity Southern Gas Corridor CJSC for the acquisition of a 5% stake in the Production Sharing Agreement for Shah Deniz offshore gas-condensate field in the territory of Azerbaijan and a 4% stake in Azerbaijan Gas Supply Company Limited (AGSC), the exclusive special-purpose vehicle established for the […]
Botas, the Turkish state energy company, and the British oil group Shell will sign, on Monday, a long-term liquefied natural gas supply agreement, the Ministry of Energy of Turkey informed, reports Reuters. In May of this year, Botas initialed an agreement with the American group ExxonMobil on the supply of liquefied gas for a period […]
The German government will extend, for another six months, the administration of the German subsidiaries of the Russian oil group Rosneft, in advance of the sale of these assets to an investor from Qatar, several sources close to this file told Reuters on Monday, taken over by Agerpres. The future of Rosneft’s German assets, which […]
Norwegian pipeline gas exports to Europe could approach their highest level since 2017 by the end of this year, having already risen 10% so far to 2024, the head of the system operator said, Gassco, for Reuters. “This year, so far, we’re kind of back to the levels we were at in 2022,” when exports […]
Ukraine does not intend to extend in any way the Russian gas transit agreement to Europe, which expires at the end of 2024, according to the latest statements of President Volodymyr Zelensky, but if Europe asks, it can make its infrastructure available for gas from other sources “No one will renew the agreement with Russia, […]
Romania produced, in the first semester of 2024, a quantity of crude oil of over 1.353 million tons of oil equivalent (toe), 53,200 toe less (-3.8%) than in the same period of the previous year, according to the data centralized by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). Crude oil imports totaled, in the mentioned period, […]
The EU has reached its target of filling gas storage facilities to 90% of capacity well over 2 months ahead of the 1 November deadline, according to the latest figures released today by Gas Infrastructure Europe. This achievement is on a par with last year, when EU countries reached the 90% target on 18 August. […]
The natural gas extraction industry in Norway is to start an extensive program of annual maintenance works, at a tense moment for the European continent, reports Bloomberg, quoted by Agerpres Starting from the end of August and for almost three weeks, Europe will not benefit from gas deliveries equivalent to the daily needs of Italy […]
Romania imported, in the first six months of 2024, a quantity of usable natural gas of 834,800 tons of oil equivalent (toe), 19.9% higher (+138,800 toe) compared to the same period last year, according to the data centralized by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). The domestic production of natural gas totaled, in the mentioned […]